The 2020–21 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represented Duquesne University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Keith Dambrot, and played its home games at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Kerr Fitness Center in McCandless, Pennsylvania as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

The Dukes finished the season 9-9, 7–7 in A-10 Play to finish in 9th place. The team defeated Richmond during the second round of the A-10 tournament, before losing in the quarterfinals to St. Bonaventure.

Previous season The Dukes finished the 2019–20 season 21–9, 11–7 in A-10 play to finish in sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the A-10 tournament, it was scheduled to face No. 14 Fordham in the second round, but the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure James Ellis 1 C 6'11" 230 RS Freshman Pittsburgh, PA Transferred to Pearl River Community College Frankie Hughes 3 G 6'4" 195 RS Junior Cleveland, OH Transferred to San Diego Lamar Norman Jr. 4 G 6'3" 180 Sophomore Wyoming, MI Midseason transfer Sincere Carry 10 G 6'1" 180 Sophomore Solon, OH Midseason transfer to Kent State Ashton Miller 14 G 6'5" 200 Freshman Scotch Plains, NJ Transferred to Wagner Evan Buckley 22 G 6'1" 185 Freshman Ashburn, VA Left team for personal reasons Jake Harper 30 G 6'3" 175 Freshman Dayton, OH Walk-on; left basketball program to play football Caleb Davis 31 G 6'0" 175 Senior New Kensington, PA Graduated Baylee Steele 44 C 6'11" 240 Senior Norwalk, IA Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Ryan Murphy 20 G 6'2" 185 RS Senior Calabasas, CA Graduate transfer from Pittsburgh. Will be eligible to play immediately. Noah Buono 35 G 6'5" 180 Junior Brick Township, NJ Transferred from Ramapo College. Will be eligible to play immediately.

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=|Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=|Atlantic 10 regular season

!colspan=12 style=| A-10 tournament

References